whether changes in matching frictions can explain the large and persistent increase in Mexican unemployment after the 2008 … global financial crisis. We find evidence of a statistically signicant reduction in the efficiency of the matching function … unemployment rate. Hence, these results suggest that changes in matching frictions cannot explain most of the increase in …

We examine the matching process using monthly panel data for local labour markets in Sweden. We find that an increase …

We examine the matching process using monthly panel data for local labour markets in Sweden. We find that an increase …

According to search-matching theory, the Beveridge curve slopes downward because vacancies are filled more quickly when …

This paper stresses the importance of a specification of the matching function in which the measure of job matches … corresponds to the measure of job searchers. In many empirical studies on the matching function this requirement has not been … market. In this paper, we specify and estimate matching functions where the flow corresponds to the correct stock. We use …